Beating Workplace Poison: Radical Accountability in a Broken Culture
Self-accountability is the discipline of looking in the mirror before you look out the window. It asks you to examine not only what you did, but who you were while you did it. It sounds like: “I raised my voice because I felt threatened, and that still wasn’t okay.” “My silence in that meeting protected my comfort more than my values.” This kind of honesty is uncomfortable because it dismantles our favorite stories about ourselves. Yet it is also deeply dignifying. When you hold yourself accountable, you refuse to be a passive character in your own life. You claim your power to choose differently, to repair, to grow.
